Chapter 49: A Gap Like Heaven and Earth

Looking at the cultist thugs outside who had thrown down their weapons and surrendered, and at that towering figure, Su Xuan, whose mental state was gradually returning to normal, felt an impulse.

He wished he could reach the Initial Form in one day and advance to the Second Form in two.

But reason told him this was impossible.

Cultivation had to be done step by step.

Only with a deep accumulation could one go far.

Su Xuan had gained a great deal from this unexpected incident.

Besides the four solid Black Energon Stones, he had also learned the skill of Controlling Energons.

Now, Su Xuan could control the flow of energons within his body more meticulously, allowing for a more refined regulation of their use.

Even without external stimulation, he could make the energons in his body decompose into energy.

However, Su Xuan could sense that his level of Controlling Energons still had room for improvement.

Although he had grasped the skill, his proficiency was still relatively crude, and his control over energy was at a rather low level.

Su Xuan felt that the peak of Controlling Energons should be the precise control over every single energon and every cell in his body, with every bit of energy used just right.

But this was an incredibly difficult task.

Although he could roughly control certain cells with minute detail when he perceived them, integrating all the cells in his body was a massive undertaking.

In the heat of battle, the enemy wouldn’t give him the space to gather his power.

No one had one hundred percent control over their energons.

Most people could only reach a passing level in their entire lives, and this passing level was not sixty percent control.

It was a thirty percent control level.

If, out of every one hundred energons, you could ultimately use thirty, it was considered a pass.

The rest of the energons would mostly be wasted in the air, eventually becoming free-floating energons until they were captured by someone else someday.

Su Xuan roughly estimated that his control over energons was probably at a passing level.

With the enhancement of Life Source Energy, he could increase his control by several tenths, and Su Xuan’er’s enhancement could also boost it a bit.

But even with Life Source Energy activated, and even with Su Xuan’er’s help, in the fight against the old man, every time he unleashed energons, he could sense the unused energons pervading the air.

As for his older brother, a casual strike, without any brilliant light, just a simple, unadorned blade qi, reaped the lives of countless thugs, and very few energons were dissipated.

It could be concluded that his older brother indeed had extraordinary achievements in Controlling Energons.

But Su Xuan also firmly believed that he himself could reach this level one day.

However, right now, he couldn’t even manage the external release of energons.

He would have to work even harder.

Under the starry sky, several kilometers away, sparks occasionally lit up in the twilight, flashing and disappearing in an instant as several figures collided in the air.

Blood dripped down.

Blood flowed unceasingly from Yang An and the others, falling to the ground like rain.

The smugness that once filled Yang An’s eyes was long gone as he pleaded, “…Spare us…”

Qi Yu and Han Chen were also covered in wounds.

Although they were all Second Form warriors, Shi Yidie’s group was indeed much stronger than them.

Even Fang Han hadn’t exerted much effort, and the three of them were completely suppressed.

Especially that pink-haired woman; her attacks were extremely cruel and difficult to detect.

The blades, like petals drifting in the wind, appeared and disappeared unpredictably in the air, making Han Chen, a master of hidden weapons, feel ashamed.

There was no helping it.

In the dark night sky, the lethality of hidden weapons was indeed much greater than in the daytime.

And although the quality of Han Chen’s four throwing blades was far better than Shi Yidie’s blades, Shi Yidie’s advantage was in her numbers.

How many blades did she have? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands?

He didn’t know.

All he knew was that they were an endless stream of petals.

Hidden within the beautiful scenery were deadly attacks.

The petals seemed to drift casually, yet they landed precisely on their necks, on their eyeballs.

They seemed like delicate petals, yet they left deep wounds on their bodies.

Seeing that the Huaya warriors’ attacks showed no sign of stopping, Han Chen immediately shouted, “You don’t intend to wipe us out, do you?! You should know that a desperate last-ditch effort from us can still make you suffer!”

Qi Yu also took the opportunity to say, “If you really want to take our heads, don’t expect to get away unscathed.”

The three of them put on a show of a desperate, final burst, hoping to scare off Shi Yidie’s group.

Fang Han chuckled secretly, “A desperate burst? What a joke. You’re not even willing to use your Life Source Energy, and you talk about a desperate burst.”

A bunch of life-cherishing cowards.

How could they possibly give up hope of living so easily?

They wouldn’t try to use it until the very last moment, and they might even be reluctant to use it before they died.

Shi Yidie also pouted, tying up her already messy pink hair, and said, “Threatening me? It seems you’re really tired of living!”

Her voice wasn’t loud.

In the howling wind high above, it seemed so small that Yang An and the others barely heard a few words.

They only heard the three words “tired of living,” which Shi Yidie had said through gritted teeth.

As these three words drifted in the air, a huge surge of energy fluctuated within Shi Yidie’s body.

Yang An and the others’ eyes widened, “She’s crazy! Does she really have to wipe us out?”

There were many differences between Second Form and Initial Form warriors, the main one being their use of Life Source Energy.

A peak Initial Form warrior might have a rough understanding of Life Source Energy, like Zhang Heng.

But an Initial Form warrior couldn’t use Life Source Energy very well, just like Zhang Heng.

If an Initial Form warrior was forced to use Life Source Energy, the after-effects would be severe, and in serious cases, it could even cost him his life.

This was because Initial Form warriors lacked the ability to control Life Source Energy.

Forcing its use could easily cause fundamental damage to their life force.

Second Form warriors, with their Phantom Soul-tempered bodies and Soul Essence-infused energy, had standards that Initial Form warriors did not possess.

Even a peak Initial Form warrior was not a Second Form warrior.

The gap between the two was enormous.

Talent, combat awareness, the development of acupoints, and the refinement of Controlling Energons were all means to close this gap.

Perhaps in battle, a few peak Initial Form warriors could defeat a Second Form warrior with their exceptional talent and solid foundation.

But to say that an Initial Form warrior could kill a Second Form warrior was practically a fantasy.

This was because in a normal fight, Second Form warriors would generally not use their Life Source Energy.

Under normal circumstances, cultivating Life Source Energy was a troublesome matter.

Unless it was a critical moment, they would avoid using it if they could.

And in ordinary challenges, it was even rarer for someone to use Life Aource Energy.

But if it was a life-and-death battle, what was the use of saving Life Source Energy? To take it into the coffin with them? To enjoy the pallbearers’ dance together?

Therefore, in a true life-and-death battle, no one would think an Initial Form warrior could defeat a Second Form warrior.

Most of the time, Second Form warriors didn’t use Life Source Energy.

Once they did, it meant they were going all out!

And Shi Yidie, this smiling, cute girl, had suddenly gotten serious.